TWO men walked away virtually unscathed from this spectacular crash today in a Midland street.

TWO men walked away virtually unscathed from this spectacular crash today in a Midland street.

The accident happened when a Vauxhall Astra estate went out of control and hit a row of parked cars just after 7.15am in John Street, Brierley Hill.

The vehicle somersaulted and ended up on its roof, with other cars being shunted into each other.

West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman Murray MacGregor, who came across the scene on his way into work and took the dramatic pictures, said he was confronted by quite a scene.

"The estate had somehow lost control in a narrow street and overturned. It finished upside down on its roof and a Corsa ended up embedded in a Fiesta," he said.

"I normally go down John Street on my way to work but I couldn't get into the street this morning because of what had happened.

"It was a spectacular scene and people in the street came out of their houses to take a look at what was going on. It was quite a rude awakening for some of them and obviously quite a shock for the owners of the damaged cars."

West Midlands Ambulance Service Incident Support Officer Dave Ashford said: "When we arrived we found a Vauxhall Astra estate upside down in the middle of the road.

"The front was hard up against a Ford Fiesta.

"It had also been in collision with a pink and white Vauxhall Corsa and the front offside corner of a Smart car was also badly damaged. The force of the collision had moved the Smart car backwards into a Fiat Punto, which was itself shunted into a Saab 93.

"There were two men in their 20s in the Astra. They had both managed to get out of the vehicle themselves. They were assessed at the scene and chose not to go to hospital."

A West Midlands Police spokesman said officers were investigating and the two men in the Astra would be questioned over what had happened.